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Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, September 24th.

I'm Zoe Colkin for the Wall Street Journal.

OpenAI has unveiled plans for a vast $1 trillion buildout of computing warehouses across the U.S. and abroad,

including a central park-sized complex outside of Dallas.

Construction on the eight data centers that will make up the

complex requires more than 6,000 workers labor a day, from electricians to plumbers and steel welders.

Other confirmed locations include a site north of El Paso and New Mexico, a yet-to-be-announced

Midwest location, and two smaller sites in Lourdes Town, Ohio, and outside of Austin,

Texas. Lithium Americas is in talks with the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors

over the terms of its $2.26 billion government loan for its large lithium project in Nevada.

Lithium Americas was awarded the loan under the Advanced Technology Vehicles

Manufacturing Program to build out the processing facilities at Thacker Pass, one of the largest

known lithium deposits in the U.S. The negotiations come after reports that the U.S. government

is considering taking up to a 10% equity stake in the company.

And Alibaba shares jumped today after the company said it would invest more than $53 billion

in artificial intelligence above its original target.

The Chinese Tech Titans rally helped it more than double gains so far this year, with its

stock at its highest level in four years.

Adding to the market buzz was Alibaba's release of a new AI model, the Kwen 3 Max, which it described as its, quote, largest and most capable large language model yet.

That's your TNB Tech Minute.

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